Event: Assembly, Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration, Liturgical celebrationÆlfheah 44-others.second dedication of Old Minster
Scholarly Info
| Description |
The dedication of the Old Minster was carried out [Ælfheah 44] according to liturgical rite and celebrated with appropriate ceremony. Eight noble prelates consecrated the minster to the Lord. |
| Year |
993 x 994 |
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Notes:
*The first dedication had taken place on 20 October 980 at the instigation of Æthelwold 1 after the foundations for the extensive building works had been laid. Lapidge notes (p. 390) that this second dedication presumably followed the completion of the works under Ælfheah 44. Wulfstan does not give the exact date of this second dedication, but Lapidge states that it must have taken place between the accession of Bishop Wulfsige 36 of Sherborne in 993 and the death of Archbishop Sigeric 9 on 28 October 994. Lapidge also notes that Æthelred 32 and the witan were not present at the ceremony of Ælfheah 44 and thus it may have been an ecclesiastical affair.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Ælfheah 44
(II, bishop of Winchester, 984-1006; archbishop of Canterbury, 1006-1012)
- Agent:
Sigeric 9
(Abbot of St Augustine's; Bishop of Ramsbury, 985x986-990; Archbishop of Canterbury, 990-994) : They sang with harmonious voice.
- Agent:
Ælfheah 36
(Bishop of Lichfield, 973x975-1002x1004) : They sang with harmonious voice.
- Agent:
Ordberht 4
(Bishop of Selsey, 989-1009; abbot of Chertsey) : They sang with harmonious voice.
- Agent:
Wulfsige 36
(III, bishop of Sherborne, 993-1002; abbot of Westminster) : They sang with harmonious voice.
- Agent:
Ælfric 46
(Bishop of Ramsbury, 991x993-1005; Archbishop of Canterbury, 995-1005
) : They sang with harmonious voice.
- Participant:
Anonymi 1602
(Dignitaries, boys, young men and old men who celebrated the second dedication of the Old Minster at Winchester) : They celebrated the prosperity of the holy monastery.
- Participant:
Anonymi 1603
(The clergy who attended the second dedication of the Old Minster at Winchester) : They thronged around Ælfheah 44.
- Participant:
Anonymi 1604
(A group of chanting monks who attended the second dedication of the Old Minster at Winchester) : Each one chanted Ælfheah 44's prayers with what skill he had.
- Participant:
Anonymi 1605
(Clergy in minor orders and child-oblates who sang praises at the second dedication of the Old Minster at Winchester) : They sang praises and intoned the bounty of God.
- Agent:
Ælfstan 39
(Bishop of Rochester, 946x964-995)
- Agent:
Ælfstan 40
(Bishop of London, 961-996)
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